Virus names

Article about virus-naming conventions. Apparently, I couldn’t name one something horribly offensive: “And no matter how peeved a virus researcher is feeling, obscene or offensive names are verboten.” Uptight bastards! Here’s a list of some of the 65,000 viruses that have ever cirulated. Apparently the first computer virus was called “Brain” and was created in 1986.


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This entry was written by Tim Boucher, posted on September 9, 2003 at 5:36 pm.

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